Trump G7
“The federal chancellor thanks
President Trump for his invitation to the trump g7 summit,” he said.
The 65-year-old chancellor is the
oldest trump g7 leader after Trump, who is 73. Japan’s Shinzo Abe,
also 65, is several months younger than Merkel. Their age puts them at higher
risk of contracting the coronavirus.
The White House has said it is
putting the huge diplomatic gathering back on the agenda as a “show of
strength” when world economies are gradually re-emerging from shutdowns.
Merkel is the first to give a firm
no, while other world leaders have expressed vaguely positive responses.
Earlier Friday, the White House said
Trump and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson had spoken and “agreed on the
importance of convening the trump
g7 in person in the near future.”
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau, who hosted the 2018 summit, has said any in-person gathering would
have to prioritize safety, while a French presidential official said that
Emmanuel Macron was “willing to go to Camp David if the health conditions
allow.”
European Council head Charles Michel,
meanwhile, said through a spokesman that he would attend “if health conditions
allow.”
trump g7 countries — Britain, Canada, France, Germany,
Italy, Japan and the United States — take turns organizing the annual
gathering. In 2019 it was France.
The United States is the worst-hit
country for COVID-19 infections, having logged more than 1,745,600 cases and
more than 102,000 deaths.
Leaders from the trump
g7, which the United States heads this year,
had been scheduled to meet by videoconference in late June after COVID-19
scuttled plans to gather in-person at Camp David, the U.S. presidential retreat
in the state of Maryland.
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